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SUGAR. 



This statement proves that the cultivation of the beet-root, and 

 the subsequent manufacture into sugar, has greatly increased in 

 the Zollverein. Eleven manufactories had been added to the 

 number in the previous year, and an increase of 26 per cent, took 

 place in the quantity of beet-root which was manufactured into 

 sugar. Each manufactory used, upon an average, the following 

 quantity during the undermentioned years : 



1841-2. 1844-5. 



In Prussia generally 



In the province of Saxony 



In the province of Silesia 



In the Zollverein, on an average 

 in each manufactory 



Cwts. 

 38,161 

 55,412 

 33,595 



Cwts. 

 50,384 

 70,423 

 36,909 



1846-7. 

 Cwts. 

 57,774 

 84,473 

 32,347 



27,237 46,407 52,634 



70 Prussian cwts, are equal to 80 English cwts. 



